2021 Japan Silver Cherry Blossom Viewing Colorized Piedfort Proof

Japan’s 2021 Cherry Blossom Silver Proof Is Ready To Bloom In Your Collection

The significance for Japan’s reverent devotion to cherry blossoms goes back several centuries. For the Japanese people, cherry blossoms represent the fragility of life — a poignant reminder that life, while very beautiful, is also tragically short. So, it was with a heavy heart that many cherry blossom festivals scheduled in 2021 were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps the most painful cancelation was the Kawazu Cherry Blossom Festival in Shizuoka Prefecture. With its 850 sakura cherry trees, the festival annually attracts more than 900,000 visitors between February and March and adds around $200 million to the region’s coffers.

There was one small consolation, however: the Japan Mint continued to issue its annual Cherry Blossom Viewing Coins. Among those pieces released in 2021 was this incredible one-year-only Silver Viewing Medal!

Cherry Blossom Viewing Medals Struck In Highly Pure Silver

Though not legal tender, it was struck in 135 grams — more than 4.3 ounces — of highly pure 99.9% fine silver! This beautiful medal measures 55 mm in diameter and features the Yokihi, 2021’s Blossom of the Year. The medal’s obverse features a young nymph drinking in the sweet aroma of Yokihi cherry blossoms as they open. Her lovely young face has been rendered in detail so exquisite you’ll almost expect her to open her eyes and smile at you! The medal’s reverse features a full-color image of a bouquet of Yokihi cherry blossoms along with the year date and inscriptions in Japanese that read, “Cherry Blossom Viewing,” “Yokihi” and “Made by the Japan Mint.”

Fabulous Proof Condition & Original Mint Packaging

Each medal also comes in fabulous proof condition, meaning that they were expertly crafted by the mint from hand-selected planchets, polished dies and multiple strikes to produce beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields. Each will also come in its original packaging from the Japan Mint that consists of a clamshell display case shipped inside a box decorated with the medal’s design.

You Must Order Soon: Just 60 Silver Medals Available Outside Japan!

Not only are these coins incredibly attractive, but they’re darn near impossible to find. Just 2,000 of the Silver Viewing Medals were authorized — a tiny mintage to begin with — and of that total just 60 will be made available overseas. That’s just 3% of the total mintage! We managed to secure a few of these hard-to-find medals, so hurry and get yours now.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:

• JAPAN’S ANNUAL CHERRY BLOSSOM VIEWING MEDAL – This silver medal is part of the Japan Mint’s annual release of Cherry Blossom Viewing Proof Coins. It features a nymph watching over the Yokihi, 2021’s Blossom of the Year. The reverse features a full-color bouquet of Yokihi cherry blossoms.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – These 2021 Japan Silver Cherry Blossom Viewing Medals were struck as double-thick Piedforts by the Japan Mint in 135 grams (more than 4.3 ounces) of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and measure 55 mm in diameter.
• GORGEOUS PROOF CONDITION – Your 2021 Japan Silver Cherry Blossom Viewing Colorized Piedfort Medal will come in gorgeous Proof condition with frosted details rising over mirror-like fields.
• EXTREMELY LIMITED RELEASE – The maximum edition limit fir these 2021 Japan Silver Cherry Blossom Viewing Colorized Piedfort Medals was set at just 2,000 — and only 60 have been made available outside Japan!